Activity Quote by Jesse Schell

“Understanding Game Play”

— WiWi Gaming

Game, noun: Any unserious occupation designed for the relaxation of busy people and the distraction of idle ones. It's used to take people to…

— Etienne Bonnot de Condillac

There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.

— Vera Nazarian

A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.

— Katie Salen

I think games are a good medium for approaching any subject, particularly difficult ones, because by their very nature, they are abstract, invite interaction…

— Brenda Brathwaite

There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play…

— Maurice Baring

Play is a subset of voluntary behaviour involving a selective mechanism which reverses the usual contingencies of power so as to permit the subject…

— Brian Sutton-Smith

Play is this process of operating the world, of manipulating things. It's related to experimentation, and it's related to pleasure, but not defined by…

— Ian Bogost

A game may be as integral to a culture, as true an object of human aesthetic appreciation, as admirable a product of creativity as…

— Michael Dummett

“Life is full of games. Be a proactive player. Most importantly, know who is throwing at you, what and why. When you do, life…

— Assegid Habtewold

Play is the way that human beings learn about the world. That's how we discover how things work.

— Katie Salen

“When an activity is done to win, to advance, to achieve—even if it’s “fun” to do so—it’s not play. It may be a wonderful…

— Bill Burnett